Professional Activities

Invited Talks & Teaching

KEYNOTES

November 2018: “Feminist Interventions for Better Futures of Games”, Clash of Realities: 9th International Conference on the Art, Technology, and Theory of Digital Games; Cologne Games Lab, Cologne, Germany, November 13.

INVITED TALKS

March 2019: “Of Loot Boxes and Luxury Handbags: Controversies and Curious Futures in Games”, Faculty of Arts & Humanities Research Seminars, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, March 6.

September 2018: ““Talent Pipelines: Rethinking Pathways to Games Education”, European Women in Games Conference 2018, London, United Kingdom, September 11.

March 2018: “Dirty Methods for Feminist Game Studies”, Griffith Centre for Social and Culture Research Visiting Scholars Seminar Series, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, March 2.

February 2018: “The Women in Games Game: The Intricacies of Intervention in Feminist Game Studies and Teaching”, School of Media, Film, and Journalism, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, February 26.

February 2018: “Paying to be #Winning? What the Kardashians can teach us about the future of games”, Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, February 21.

November 2015: “On the Internet, Everyone Knows You’re a Girl: Gender, Myth, and Design in Digital Environments”, Institute for Research on Digital Learning, York University, November 5.

March 2015: “Creative Differences: The Politics of Queer Authorship in Digital Games Production”, Department of Media and Communication, PGR seminar series, University of Leicester, March 18.

March 2015: “Gaming the System: Video Games and Accessibility”, Accessibility Awareness Day, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada, March 18. *With Amy Ratelle

March 2015: “Game Cred: Talent, Meritocracy, and Women’s Labour in Digital Game Design”, Making an entrance? A critical workshop on talent, merit, opportunity and selection in the cultural and creative industries, Ramada Encore Hotel, Leicester, United Kingdom, March 6, 2015. *With Tamara Shepherd